Credits
Artistic Direction, Concept, Performance: Lois Alexander
Artistic Advisors: Suzy Blok, Fernando Belfiore
Dramaturgical Support: Alexandra Hennig
Costume: Steffi Barbian
Sound Design: Sea Novaa
Set Design: Nina Kay
Text Source: She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks by M. NourbeSe Philip
Research: New Adventures Residency, Dansmakers
Co-production: Dansmakers Amsterdam, Sophiensaele Berlin
Premiere Information
Premiere: Tanztage Berlin, January 2020
Past Performances: Dansmakers Amsterdam, Julidans Festival, B.Motion Festival, Kilowatt Festival, among others
Support
Supported By: Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, 3Package Deal
About
Neptune explores water as a metaphysical, social, and political space. Inspired by the transformative nature of the element and its three states: solid, liquid, gas, the performance embarks on a choreographic journey along fluidity and transformation. Surrounded by melting blocks of ice, Alexander reflects on her position as a Black woman at the margins of power structures and rewrites this narrative from her own perspective. The work is a collaboration with scenographer Nina Kay and composer Sea Novaa. Through the interplay of dance, installation, and sound, Neptune opens up a speculative world in which new forms of being can be imagined.
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